A textbook that taught young Saudi students that Jews are “prophet-
killers, liars, cheats, connivers, conspirators and covenant
breakers” has been revised to remove some of the anti-Semitism but
still includes a heavy dose of attacks on Jews, according to the
Middle East Media Research Institute.

The organization that monitors media in the Middle East reported in a
previous story, “Saudi Textbook: The Enmity between the Muslims and
the Jews is Everlasting,” that Saudi students were being taught that
the only way “enmity” would cease would be for Jews to convert to
Islam or for Muslims to abandon their faith.

EMRI examined the 2006-2007 edition of the textbook, “Studies from
the Muslim World.” It now has reviewed the 2009-2010 edition, used in
a nation considered by Washington to be an ally.

The report said a subchapter called “The Jews,” about the Palestinian
cause, had been deleted.

“It should be noted, however, that notwithstanding these omissions,
the chapter on Palestine in the new edition retains several anti-
Semitic remarks, including claims that the Jews are cunning and
aspire to perpetrate deceit and fraud, that the essence of the
conflict between the Muslims and Jews is religious rather than
national, and that the only way to liberate Palestine is through
jihad,” the report said.

Among the statements that were removed:

-“Whoever studies the nature of the conflict between the Muslims and
the Jews understands an important fact, [namely that] this is a
religious conflict, not a dispute about politics or nationality, or a
conflict between races or tribes, or a fight over land or country, as
some describe it. This is a deeply rooted enmity, a conflict between
truth and falsehood, between monotheism and polytheism, between
heresy and faith.”

-“The enmity between us and the Jews will not cease under any
circumstances until one of two things [happens]: either they join our
religion and become Muslims, or we abandon our religion, God forbid.
[Allah], may He be exalted, said [in the Quran]: ‘They [the Jews]
will not cease fighting with you until they turn you back from your
religion, if they can’ [Quran 2:217]; ‘And the Jews will not be
pleased with you, nor the Christians, until you follow their
religion’ [Quran 2:120].”

-“They are jealous of the fact that the Seal of the Prophets [i.e.,
Muhammad] came from among the Arabs and not from among the Children
of Israel, and [because] they know well that our master, Muhammad,
Allah’s prayer be upon him, was the Prophet of Allah. … [As it says
in the Quran:] ‘Those whom We have given the Book recognize him as
they recognize their sons, and a party of them most surely conceal
the truth while they know (it)’ [Quran 2:146]. Once we realize the
essence of this conflict, and that this enmity cannot cease, we
understand how much those who say the conflict can be settled are
misleading [us].”

-The earlier text also said that Jews “have striven to destroy the
[Islamic] religion” and Jews “have taken control of [the] economics
and media” is several Western countries.

The previous edition also stated that the Jews “caused corruption in
every land they entered” and were “a source of trouble.” It also
accused the people group of hoarding money, cheating and arguing and
being stubborn.

However, still included in the text are sections accusing Jews of
striving for “fraud, deceit, and cunning,” striving to “spread
destruction and corruption” and describing “Jihad for the sake of
Allah” as the “only path to liberating Palestine.”

WND recently reported on similar problems in the United States. The
non-profit organization ACT! for America Education studied 38
textbooks from popular publishers such as McGraw Hill and Houghton
Mifflin, for example, to determine whether American schoolchildren
are being taught the truth about Islam and its role in 9/11.

The report, titled “Education or Indoctrination? The Treatment of
Islam in 6th through 12th Grade American Textbooks,” compares what it
found in the textbooks with 275 historical sources, listing 375
footnoted citations, to conclude that America’s textbooks are laced
with “historical revisionism.”

“This report shines a bright light on a pattern of errors, omissions
and bias in the textbooks reviewed,” explained ACT! for America
Education founder Brigitte Gabriel in an email. “To give you just one
example of the errors our research uncovered, in discussing the 9/11
attacks, the textbooks typically fail to mention the perpetrators
were Muslims or that they acted in the cause of Islamic jihad. In one
book the terrorists are portrayed as people fighting for a cause.

“In just a few years after Sept. 11,” she continued, “the history of
what happened on that tragic day was rewritten in our school
textbooks. Omitting this vital information, that jihad was the
motivation for the attacks, makes it difficult, if not impossible,
for today’s young teens, who don’t remember 9/11, to really
understand what happened that day – and why.”

According to the executive summary, the report reveals a pattern of
historical revisionism, omissions and bias in the presentation of all
aspects devoted to Islam in the textbooks. The aspects include
Islam’s theology and doctrines, its role as a world religion, its
ongoing struggle with Western tradition and its intrinsic anti-
Semitism.

The summary continues: “Textbook errors identified in the report
range from egregiously false historical statements to significant
omissions and subtle half-truths. Some are blatant and obvious,
others are subtle and deceptive. The errors in these textbooks are
not grammatical or typographical. They are substantive, significant
and often repetitive.”

For example, the report notes the textbook “World History: Patterns
of Interaction,” published by McDougal Littell/Houghton Mifflin in
2007, glosses over the violent birth of Islam and paints its founder,
Muhammad, in a glowing light.

“In Medina, Muhammad displayed impressive leadership skills,” the
textbook asserts. “He fashioned an agreement that joined his own
people with the Arabs and Jews of Medina as a single community. These
groups accepted Muhammad as a political leader. As a religious
leader, he drew many more converts, who found his message appealing.”

Textbooks published in the U.S. have come up with some famously
biased stunners on occasion. What’s being taught in some of the books
now includes:

-The Jewish Temple in Jerusalem contained “symbolically, the throne
of their invisible God.”

-Jesus was a “Palestinian Jew” who grew up in Galilee amid “militant
Zealots.”

-It was “a few followers” of Jesus who “spread the story” about his
resurrection.